A Golden Retriever cross was presented with a four week history of violent sneezing and licking at the nasal planum. Nasal mycosis was diagnosed and Aspergillus sp. presumed the causative agent, until culture, PCR and DNA sequencing showed that Scedosporium apiospermum, an uncommonly diagnosed, yet emerging, fungal pathogen, was the agent responsible. Debridement of the fungal plaques and systemic itraconazole therapy resulted in complete resolution of clinical disease. We discuss the current literature on S. apiospermum, review its clinical significance and question the validity of its ‘complex’ taxonomy.

This article examines the phenomenon of Black Pride festivals. Initially intended as a form of community building during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1990s in select cities, Black Pride is both a celebration of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender + (LGBT+) life and a space for political organizing. The model of Black Pride would be adopted throughout the United States and, internationally, in the United Kingdom and South Africa. While there are no “official” Black Pride festivals in Canada, there is a long-standing history of diasporic travel by Black LGBT+ Torontonians that have sought out these festivals as a site of affirmation of their identities and experiences. Blockorama, a one-day cultural festival that celebrates Black LGBT+ individuals during the Pride Toronto festivities, shares a similar history. Now in its twenty-first year, the story of Blockorama illustrates the challenges of visibility and recognition faced by Black LGBT+ communities within broader LGBT+ communities. As a snapshot from my current ethnographic and archival research on Black Pride, this analysis takes the form of a transnational comparison of the structural and political challenges faced by organizers of these events. Of particular concern is the confluence of anti-Black racism and the homonormative political priorities LGBT+ leaders that have shaped “mainstream” Pride festivals, rendering them increasingly corporate driven. Thus, this article specifically attends to the relationship between the spatial regulation and surveillance of Black LGBT+ bodies when moments of celebration are enacted in spaces that are seen as being “out of place.” Conceptually, these moments of disruption are understood as an “itinerant hospitality” that engenders spaces of conviviality between Black LGBT+ communities and the individuals who cultivate their identities often in transit.

No abstract

<p>Figure - Correlation plot showing inter- and intra-genic relationships between somatic KRAS, BRAF and NRAS mutations and MSI status in aCRC. Tables - Heterogeneity Tests comparing OS to diagnosis to death (Table S1) and the effect of cetuximab on OS (Table S2).</p>

<p>PDF - 89K, Inter-relationships between somatic mutations in the EGFR pathway and MSI-status in aCRC.</p>